RE: [Zen] Acting against seeming inevitability -- WAS: Re: war criminals

[uerusuboyo]

Joe,<br/><br/>With pleasure. The ritualised side of Soto Zen pratice allows us 
to be aware that each moment/movement is sacred. Off course, wiping the shit 
off the side of the toilet is no less sacred than bowing to the Roshi or 
reciting the precepts, but such rituals help to unify the mind and display 
enlightenment in action.<br/><br/>I think for a newbie practitioner the rituals 
allow us to achieve something of the above, or at least give us a glimpse of 
such a unified mind. I see this stage as something like the 3rd and 4th picture 
in the Ox-herding story. <br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for 
iPhone<br/>